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Expectation, anticipation, excitement..... In a night that gave the profession a glamorous halo and relegated the nitty-gritties of deadline, red-tape and sore fingers to the back burner, the journalistic fraternity shrugged aside the differences and came together to recognise and reward excellence in various fields of reporting, writing and photography.

And also honour senior journalists for their contribution.

The Editors Guild Journalism Awards Night at the Mt. Lavinia Hotel on June 18.... Filled with the drama of anticipation and laced with a touch of tradition, the night saw Ranjith Ananda Jayasinhe of the Lankadeepa being deemed the best among the best and awarded the Mervyn de Silva Award for the Journalist of the Year. Asoka Peiris of the Wijeya Newspaper Group was adjudge Photographer of the Year and the Sunday Times the Best Designed Newspaper of the Year. Shelani de Silva of The Sunday Times was adjudged the Young Reporter of the Year.

Ranjith Ananda Jayasinghe of Lankadeepa receives the Mervyn de Silva Award for the Best Journalist of the Year from Neville de Silva founder President of the Editors’ Guild.

The presentation of the awards began in traditional style with the lighting of the oil lamp - by Siri Ranasinghe, President of the Editors Guild, Amal Jayasinghe, Convenor of the Judges Panel, Nalin Ladduwahetty, Chairman Associated Newspapers Ceylon Ltd., Bandula Padma Kumara, Chairman Organising Committee and Mohan Lal Piyadasa, Acting Secretary of the Editors Guild.

Among the awards presented were Long Service Gold Medals to three veteran journalists- Benedict Dodampegama, David Rajhu and Ms Roshan Peiris - eleven awards including the Mervyn de Silva Journalist of the Year Award and several merit certificates.

Nihal P. Abeysinghe of Silumina receives the Merit Certificate for the Best Environmental Report of the Year 2001 from Lalith Alahakone, Editor, Daily Mirror. He shares this award with Rohan Pethiyagoda of The Sunday Leader.

The other Awards -Best Journalist of the Year:

English - Amantha Perera of the Sunday Leader

Sinhala - Ranjith Ananda Jayasinghe of the Lankadeepa

D.R. Wijewardene Award for Earning the Appreciation of Peers and Public - Neville de Silva of The Sunday Times

B.A. Siriwardene Award for the columnist of the Year - Iqbal Athas of The Sunday Times

Sepala Gunasena Award for defending Press Freedom in Sri Lanka - The Sunday Leader

Upali Wijewardene Award for Feature Writer of the Year - Ranee Mohamed of The Sunday Leader

Sports Journalist of the Year - T.M.K. Samat of The Sunday Leader

Best Environmental Reporter of the Year - Dilrukshi Handunhetti of The Sunday Times. 

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